Yes, it is true I recently started cheating on my husband. I mean I love my husband with all my heart, it is just that. I don’t know it is hard to explain, this past week I have had so much fun, and well… I have found another love. I know there is room in my life for both my husband and my new found love, I just hope my husband will understand.

This new love is like an addiction it is my drug. On a good note, it is something the whole family LOVES! So it makes it a bit easier on my husband. Geocaching is the thing!

I have become extremely obsessed with it, and to be honest if I could be out doing it right now I would, but it is dark.

At one time I was wanting to sit here on the computer all the time, my husband and I would often bicker because he thought I spent to much time here, I thought it wasn’t enough. Geocaching started in 2000 and I am just now finding out about this highly addictive worldwide treasure hunt.

I have always had a love for the outdoors, however, I will admit I am extremely lazy. Throw in a little hide n seek for geocaches, and I am out the door. My husband has always fussed about wanting to find something the whole family would love, and I honestly think we found our calling. We get bored, we jump in the car with our geocaching bag (yes we have a bag, this bag has our pens, our signature card, some trinkets in case we find something we want to take with use from a cache box, and a few other things) and our Geomate.jr and we head out to the first cache we have yet to find.

Once we get to the location we get out of the car and start searching! I am usually the one to always find them. What can I say I have an eye for these things. Not only is geocaching fun, and addictive, it is also great exercise.

While geocaching, we have had to walk miles in the woods, up hills, down hills, and even in swamps. On our way we get to look at the pretty sites, and shed some calories.

I do need to get me a new pair of shoes though, these shape ups are not cutting it.

If you are a business that would love to get your word out about your business, and would like to work with me while I geocache my way to being fit, please feel free to contact me for more details. During this Summer we will be hitting the roads hard, as we reach higher number of geocaches found.

Sometimes it is hard to completely shut something off that you’re so use to having, I know if it ever came down to us having to completely drop our Satellite, I would miss a lot of the shows I am so use to watching, and I know my daughter would be lost with out her channels. How can companies make us so dependent on them.

I know with the fall of the economy though many families not just mine are finding other sources of entertainment. Does the economy have you changing how you find your entertainment?

One thing I like to do is swap movies out with my sister, she has movies we have never seen and we have movies she has yet to see. Swapping movies out is a great way to get entertainment, and still not break what little bit of money you have.

What other ways do you find entertainment without costing you a fortune?

I love the smurfs, have for years, grew up watching them all the time! So I am super excited to see the Smurfs coming to Theater soon. My family probably won’t be able to see it until it comes out on DVD, but this momma, will be seeing it! Mark your calendars, because it will be playing on the big screen on July 29th!

Want a sneak peek?

AND Miss. Gillian has a birthday coming up, it would be super neat to have a smurf birthday. :p

Do you plan on seeing the Smurfs on the big screen?

I have been playing all kinds of different games with her these past few days. This afternoon she was wanting to play something different, so I got online and looked up kids pictionary words. I ended up going to The Game Gal, and I am glad I did! While on her blog I found words that not only would be easy, but they would be fun.

So we printed them all off, cut them all out, put them in our box, got out the dry erase board and called daddy to play.

Mom of course won! When ever we play games and Gillian gets a win, she gets so excited and starts talking smack. She loves smack talk, but then again you cannot play a game if you are not going to talk smack to the other players. It was funny because daddy was up to the board, and Gillian and I was trying to guess I was so close… And then she got it, first thing she does is look at me with her sneaky grin, and says “booya, in your face sucka”. She was pretty proud of herself for getting that.

If  you’re looking for fun games to play with the kiddos, because the weather permits them from going outside, I highly suggest you head over to The Game Gals and check out her site! She has a little bit of everything whether you want something for the younger kids, or something for the older ones.

Last week my family was invited to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie. When I got the email inviting us, my husband and daughter got super excited, me on the other hand it wasn’t a real big deal… Confession time, I have yet to see the first 3 oops. Maybe now is a smart time to watch them since we own all three.

When I told my husband we was going to review the movie he wanted to do the actual review so I let him. Below you will find his review.

Review from the eyes of my husband:

The fine people at Disney allowed us to see the premiere of this movie in 3d. Being a longtime fan of the Pirates movie series I was quite excited to hear this news. The movie is a bit different from the previous Pirates movies. Because of circumstances in the story, many of the old characters you would expect to see are not present. However, don’t be put off by that. The movie is a great experience; the story takes your favorite pirate Captain, the infamous Jack Sparrow on a swash buckling adventure to find the elusive fountain of youth. The movie doesn’t have a dull moment and seems a bit faster paced than the previous three. I personally think the fact that the characters backgrounds are already well adapted gave them the freedom to not focus on back-story for plot as much and focus more on the action and adventure. The 3d implementation was very well done… The 3d is a nice backdrop effect throughout the movie with astonishing in audience effects at key points. At one particular point in the movie, I found myself reaching out to touch pieces of paper that were ripped up and thrown into the air by Captain Barbosa. If you’re looking to see one of the best adventure movies of the year and in my personal opinion a perfect 3d experience, I highly recommend this movie for die hard Pirates fans or casual movie goers this is one you will definitely not want to miss.

There you have the view of my husband. After we had seen the movie Gillian had asked me what I thought…

I thought it was really neat, this was our first time going to a 3D movie and I was amazed. I have to admit these movies are different than what I had expected them to be like. I will be watching the other 3 very soon.

I asked Gillian what she thought, and her words to me were “Mom if I had a million thumbs, I would give it a million thumbs up.” She too loved this movie.

This is highly recommended by all three of us.

Disclaimer: Thanks to Disney my family was able to go see the pre screening of this movie, no other form of payment was received. This is only our opinion others may vary.

“Shes my fiancée. Naw, jus kiddin! She just likes me for my body.” Is one of my all-time favorite quotes from the movie, and I am glad to see there will be a second one coming out on June 24th! I think this will for sure be on the list of movies Gillian and I go see.

Do you want to see a sneak peak, of course you do :)

Are you excited to see Cars 2 as much as I am! What do you think is going to happen in this one? I would love to hear what y’all think.

Star racecar Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (voice of Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship to exciting new places in “Cars 2” when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world’s fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage. Mater finds himself torn between assisting Lightning McQueen in the high-profile race and towing the line in a top-secret mission orchestrated by master British super spy Finn McMissile (voice of Michael Caine) and the stunning rookie field spy Holley Shiftwell (voice of Emily Mortimer). Mater’s action-packed journey leads him on an explosive chase through the streets of Japan and Europe, trailed by his friends and watched by the whole world. The fast-paced fun includes a colorful new all-car cast, complete with menacing villains and international racing competitors.

John Lasseter returns to the driver’s seat to direct this follow-up to his 2006 Golden Globe®-winning “Cars.” “Cars 2” is co-directed by Brad Lewis, producer of the Oscar®-winning film “Ratatouille,” and produced by visual effects industry veteran Denise Ream (associate producer, “Up”; visual effects executive producer, “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith”). The film hits the track on June 24, 2011, and will be presented in Disney Digital 3D™ and IMAX® 3D in select theaters.

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